Turkish military government after 1980 coup

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The Turkish military government after the 1980 coup was an authoritarian junta that seized control of Turkey, dissolved parliament, suspended the constitution, and carried out widespread political repression, arrests, and human rights abuses.

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instanceOf military junta
bannedPoliticalParties Justice Party NERFINISHED
National Salvation Party NERFINISHED
Nationalist Movement Party NERFINISHED
Republican People's Party NERFINISHED
cameToPowerBy 1980 Turkish coup d'état NERFINISHED
chairmanOfRulingCouncil Kenan Evren NERFINISHED
constitutionalInstrument 1982 Constitution of Turkey NERFINISHED
country Turkey
dissolvedBody Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED
endTime 1983-11-06
executiveBody National Security Council (Turkey, 1980–1983) NERFINISHED
expandedPowersOf National Security Council (Turkey) NERFINISHED
Turkish Armed Forces NERFINISHED
followedBy Government of Turgut Özal (1983–1987) NERFINISHED
headOfState Kenan Evren NERFINISHED
humanRightsRecord arbitrary detention
forced disappearances
political executions
widespread torture
ideology Turkish nationalism
anti-communism
authoritarianism
introducedMeasure ban on demonstrations
ban on strikes
curfews
martial law across Turkey
press censorship
state security courts
leader Kenan Evren NERFINISHED
legislativeBody National Security Council (Turkey, 1980–1983) NERFINISHED
limitedCivilLiberties freedom of association
freedom of expression
freedom of the press
numberOfArrestsEstimate hundreds of thousands
numberOfPoliticalPrisonersPeakEstimate over 100000
organizedReferendum 1982 Turkish constitutional referendum NERFINISHED
precededBy Government of Süleyman Demirel (1979–1980) NERFINISHED
reasonForCoupClaimed combat political extremism
prevent civil war
restore law and order
restrictedPoliticalActivity student organizations
restrictedPoliticalActivity trade unions
resultedIn long-term political influence of Turkish military
rewroteConstitution 1982 Constitution of Turkey NERFINISHED
startTime 1980-09-12
suspendedConstitution 1961 Constitution of Turkey NERFINISHED
transitionedTo controlled multi-party elections in 1983

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Constitution of Turkey (1982) draftedAfter Turkish military government after 1980 coup
this entity surface form: 1980 Turkish military coup d'état
Tarık Akan imprisonedBy Turkish military government after 1980 coup
Kenan Evren movement Turkish military government after 1980 coup
this entity surface form: Turkish military junta (1980–1983)
Kenan Evren participatedIn Turkish military government after 1980 coup
this entity surface form: Turkish military coup d'état of 1980